Friday, August 29, 2014
First Carbon Fiber Main Propeller Installed On a Merchant Ship
News

First Carbon Fiber Main Propeller Installed On a Merchant Ship

Classification society ClassNK and Nakashima Propeller Co. this week announced the world’s first installation of a carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP)

August 29, 2014
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Join gCaptain’s Career Page – The Latest Featured Jobs
Jobs

Join gCaptain’s Career Page – The Latest Featured Jobs

LABOR DAY SPECIAL!!! Right now you can purchase a 5 pack of Premium Listings for only $999. This is a savings of over $1100. This price will only be good

August 29, 2014
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Altantic Offshore PSV Gets Artist’s Touch
Blog

Altantic Offshore PSV Gets Artist’s Touch

Norwegian offshore shipowner Atlantic Offshore can now boast that it is the owner of the "coolest looking" vessel in the North Sea following the delivery and

August 29, 2014
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Shell Submits Revised Arctic Drilling Plan – Report
News

Shell Submits Revised Arctic Drilling Plan – Report

Aug 29 (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell Plc has sought permission from the U.S. government to drill in the Arctic Ocean and is keeping open the possibility

August 29, 2014
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Pirates Hijack Thai Oil Tanker Off Malaysia
Piracy

Pirates Hijack Thai Oil Tanker Off Malaysia

A pirate gang operating in Malaysian waters hijacked an oil products tanker on Thursday off the small of island of Pulau Tioman before making off with the

August 29, 2014
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News

Tanker Carrying Disputed Kurdish Oil Still Off Texas – Operator

A tanker carrying 1 million barrels of disputed Kurdish oil remains off Texas, according to the vessel’s

August 29, 2014
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Kenya Blows Up Ship Caught Smuggling Heroin – PHOTOS
Incidents

Kenya Blows Up Ship Caught Smuggling Heroin – PHOTOS

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday proudly gave an order to Kenyan Defence Forces to destroy a ship and drugs at the center of a record heroin bust in

August 29, 2014
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rongsheng heavy industries shipyard shipbuilding
Shipbuilding

China Rongsheng to Announce Restructuring Amid Exponential Losses

China Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group, the country's largest private shipbuilder, said its first-half net loss widened more than ten times as shipowners

August 29, 2014
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Captain of Doomed South Korean Ferry Says Lack of Safety Checks was Customary
News

Captain of Doomed South Korean Ferry Says Lack of Safety Checks was Customary

The captain of the doomed ferry Sewol told a court on Friday he was just following established practice in not making safety checks before the vessel set

August 29, 2014
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News

SapuraKencana Makes Big Discovery Offshore Malaysia

SapuraKencana Petroleum Bhd announced today a major gas discovery offshore Malaysia within the SK408 Production Sharing Contract area.  The discovery

August 29, 2014
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cosco
News

China COSCO Predicts Overall Loss in 2014, But Says Market Is Improving

China COSCO Holdings Co Ltd said on Friday that it would be tough to escape a loss in 2014, but said the shipping market's outlook was improving in the second

August 29, 2014
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Thursday, August 28, 2014
Video: How The International Space Station Helped Rescue a Mariner In Distress
Shipping News

Video: How The International Space Station Helped Rescue a Mariner In Distress

Since 2010, the International Space Station has been equipped with a space-based Vessel ID System receiver that allows it to track ships at sea by way of a

August 28, 2014
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Port of Long Beach Cargo Operations Resume After Storm Surge
News

Port of Long Beach Cargo Operations Resume After Storm Surge

The Port of Long Beach resumed full cargo-handling operations Thursday after the storm surge produced by Hurricane Marie

August 28, 2014
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Two Swim to Safety After Tug Capsizes and Sinks on Chicago’s Calumet River
Incidents

Two Swim to Safety After Tug Capsizes and Sinks on Chicago’s Calumet River

Two crewmembers of a 57-foot tugboat were able to swim to shore after their vessel capsized and sank in the Calumet River near the 106th St. Bridge in Chicago

August 28, 2014
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Doctor Dies of Ebola In Nigeria’s Oil Hub Port Harcourt
News

Doctor Dies of Ebola In Nigeria’s Oil Hub Port Harcourt

A doctor in Nigeria's oil hub of Port Harcourt has died from Ebola after treating a contact of a Liberian-American man who was the first recorded case of the

August 28, 2014
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Gulf Marine Pays First Dividend as Demand Boosts Profit
Offshore

Gulf Marine Pays First Dividend as Demand Boosts Profit

Gulf Marine Services, a provider of support vessels for offshore oil exploration, is to pay its first dividend after interim profit rose amid strong

August 28, 2014
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ferry cetacea
Grounding Incidents

Boston Area Ferry Runs Aground

The U.S. Coast Guard reported last night that rescue crews from Point Allerton, a station near Boston, responded to a ferry that ran aground in Lynn Harbor,

August 28, 2014
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New Ship Rules Come Amid Worst Barge Spills Since 2008
News

New Ship Rules Come Amid Worst Barge Spills Since 2008

Tighter regulation of U.S. ships carrying record exports of diesel and gasoline is coming amid the worst year for oil spills from barges since

August 28, 2014
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hound point marine terminal
News

Hound Point Crude Terminal Closed to VLCCs Until Mid-September

The supertanker jetty at the North Sea's Hound Point crude oil terminal is shut for maintenance and will not reopen until Sept. 15, industry sources said on

August 28, 2014
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sofrana surville
Multimedia

Sailing the South Pacific Circuit Aboard the Sofrana Surville [TIMELAPSE]

Sofrana Unilines, a New Zealand-based ship owner/operator filmed the entire 33-day round-trip voyage of its vessel Sofrana Surville as it sailed between New

August 28, 2014
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